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Treating Shoulder Pain - Heat and Ice Therapy
Shoulder Pain - Using Heat To Treat Trigger Points Shoulder Pain can often be effectively managed with a combination of heat and ice Shoulder injuries can be extremely painful, and...
Common Painful Conditions that can be addressed with Trigger Point Therapy
How Often To Treat Trigger Points? What are the most common chronic pain syndromes that respond well to trigger point therapy? Trigger points are associated with most painful...
Trigger Point Therapy - Frozen Shoulder Syndrome
Frozen Shoulder - Quick Facts "Even simple tasks like putting on a coat became increasingly difficult" We often like to write about clients who have been successfully treated...
Understanding Rotator Cuff Injuries and Treatment
The rotator cuff—a group of four small but mighty muscles: supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, and subscapularis—acts as the shoulder’s dynamic stabilizer. These muscles keep the humeral head centred in the glenoid fossa during movement, and they work constantly, even when we’re doing something as simple as reaching for a cup of tea. They control rotation, guide elevation, and prevent the shoulder from collapsing into the kind of sloppy mechanics that lead to impingement and pain.
Trigger Point Therapy - CRPS1
Michael Coffee LMT presenting his techniques for the treatment of CRPS at the 33rd Annual NAMTPT Conference, Chicago, October 2017. Niel Asher Education received the award for "Excellence in Education"...
Frozen Shoulder and Diabetes
Frozen Shoulder or Impingement? What is the connection between frozen shoulder and diabetes? A frozen shoulder seems to result from the way the brain responds to inflammation around...
Trigger Point Therapy - Self Help for Common Shoulder Pain
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Frozen Shoulder - Stretching Exercises
Exercise bands are highly recommended It's so important to keep your shoulder moving! Frozen shoulder can last up to 30 months if left untreated. Transitioning through the full term...
Rotator Cuff Trigger Points - Supraspinatus
Treating Supraspinatus Trigger Points - Dr. Jonathan Kuttner Ischemic Compression Technique About Supraspinatus Latin supra, above; spina, spine A member of the rotator cuff, which comprises the...
My Experience with NAT - Dr. Joseph Duchene
Dr. Joseph Duchene talks about frozen shoulder and his experience with NAT. NAT treatment protocols are based on techniques used within elite sports and athletics worldwide. Since the first...
Trigger Point Therapy - 5 Great Exercises for a Frozen Shoulder
The Freezing Stage (Phase 1) of a frozen shoulder is a crucial time for starting a gentle stretching regime. Gentle is the operative word. Your shoulder is likely to be very...
My Journey with NAT - Martin Bates D.C.
Dr. Martin Bates, Chiropractor and Masters Certified NAT Practitioner For 90% of the patients I’ve treated with NAT, the results have been phenomenal. I first heard about NAT early...
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